Three-time Olympic champion Jason Kenny wants to capture the individual sprint title at the Track Cycling World Championships in Minsk this week but unlike in 2011, he wants to win the crown ‘properly’.

For all her claims of relief to never need wear a ‘skin-suit’ again, Victoria Pendleton looked very reluctant to leave London 2012’s velodrome behind – and she was not alone. Despite repeated reminders by announcers it was time to go home – and what sounded like barked orders by the cleaners – the 6,000-strong crowd took plenty of time to disperse on Tuesday evening.